Cigar-lighter.



A. T. HOEVET.

. Y .UIGAR LIGHTER.. .1221401121011 FILED 1111.14, 1911. nnnnwnn un.

16, 1912. Patented May 21.1912.-

Il-Ill l. To all whom 'it muy concern:

. lUN1mm)STATE-s PATENT OFFICE. .ALFRED "r.' iHo'Evn'r, or NEW YORK, N. AssIenoR.,-11Y mEsNE AssIGNMNTs, 'ro MOUNT vEnNoN SPECIALTY co1v1rANY, A conronarronor rmvvaromi.

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Patented May 2.1, 1912. w

' application inea april 14, 1911,sr1a11ne21;o56. Renewed March 1e, 1912. serial Ne. 684,225.

Be it known thatl ALFRED citizen of the United tates of-America, and

"a'resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have ,invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in CigarLighterS, of

which the followingisa specification.

This invention relates to improvements inv LJpocketvoiga'r lighters has for 1ts ob]ect to' 'provide a cigar lighter of s imple'and practical construction whereby the same .may be manufactured at a very lowcost.

Other objectswill appear as this specili-A cationAproceeds: Y

In the `accompanying drawing Figure-1 is .a vertical sectional .View of a cigar llighter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View 'ofthe i niting Wheel', and adjacent parts. Fig. 3 l1s a detail pers ective t viewof the partition member, and F1g."4 is a detail view ofa cigar cutter adapted to be contained Within the cigar lighter.

The reference numeral 5' denotes a casing open at both ends andwithin which is in- .serted apartition member 6 bent to form,

' wheel lugs 7,7, al'ldfhingeI ears 8, 8'. The

partitionmember.is soldered to the casing.

'along the edges so as to form a tank 9 3J .adapted to `[contain fuelv such as gasolene,

alcohol or the like. Because of the peculiar shape of the partit-ion member there/are also l formedftwo spring chambers 10 and 11- as shown. In the chamber 10 there i'sinserted around-a pin 2 1 and the upper'end ofwhi'ch epasse's through the aperture 18 and is pro- 5 away from the casing for the purpose of sevided with a `hook 22 forminga stop. The lower end .23'of the spring is bent inwardly curing in place acigarcutter' as 24 or other article, as for instance a nail file. The pivot 2 5 of the"` cigar .cutter illustrated projects into'the wall of the casing sothat it may be easily gotten hold of and removedl by a downward pull. For this reason the bottom 5 ofthe spring chamber 11 is left open and the wall 'of the casing is cutf away as at 26. j

27` is a ratchet wheel pivoted in the wheel lugs 7 and provided with side teeth 28" 'adapted to be engaged by av'pawl lever 29 as shown. The latter is pivoted concentrically with the ratchet wheel at 30 and is op- -crated by a p'in 31 secured in the cover 16 and which lever.

33 is the cover catch. A spring 41 keeps the lever .in engagement with the Wheel. f

34 is a tube containing vthesparkjmetal 35 plays in a slot 32 in the pawl -tank is closed by a bottom 50 -havinga4 fuel inlet at 43 which is closed' by a metal or -other cork 44.

'65 `wh1ch 1s pressed up against the-wheel 27 'Ifhe cover isnormallyjlzeld closed by the l sprlng 13 and catch 33. When'the button 14 v 1s pressed inwardly the cover isl released and- .suddenl opened by the spring 20 until the spring ook 22 limits the movement of the cover. As the latter opens the pi'n 31 os.`

c illates the pawl lever 29 which inv turn'ro` tates the wheel sharply which by friction with-the spark lmetal produces sparks which ignite the wlck. When the cover is "closed the pawl lever passes over 'the teeth 28 against the pressure of thespring 41.

It W ill beobserved that my 'cigar lighter comprlses vbut a few parts 'and is very easily assembled. Also that there" is provision *for a large fuel supply, yet room -enough at bothy sides of the tank for .the

springs to work. The spring 22` besides bef ing an' openingrspring also'. performs the function of securing the ci ar cutter 24.

Various changes may o' course be madewithin the principle of the invention.

I claim: 1. a'cigar lighter the combination of a casing open atboth ends, a partition.mem.

,ber inserted Within said casing to form aA tank and separate spring chambers, a bottom secured to the casingand the said par-y tition member, la hinge piece hinged to the said partition member, a cover secured to the said'hinge piece which latter is providedwith an aperture, an opening springl inserted inthe one ofthe said spring chambers and passing through the said aperture lto limit the opening movement of the cover, ,a Wick within the said tank and projecting therefrom, a mechanism for producing sparks and means for operating the said spark mechanism from the said cover.

2.' In' la cigar lighter the combination ofa casing, 'a partition member secured within A, theV same, a ratchet Wheel journaled on the said member, hinge ears .formed integral with the latter, a hinge piece hinged to the said hinge ears, a cover securedto the said hinge piece, a spring secured between the` casing and the said partition member lfor opening the cover, the said spring engaging 15 the said hinge piece to limit the movement of the cover, spark metal, means for forcing 'of April 1911.- f h ALFR-nn T. HOEVET` Witnesses: V f

IVAN KON IGSBERG, K. nG. LEARD. l

to produce sparks from the sa1d`2o 

